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TITLE 30ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
PART 1TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
CHAPTER 122FEDERAL OPERATING PERMITS PROGRAM
SUBCHAPTER BPERMIT REQUIREMENTS
DIVISION 1GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
RULE §122.120Applicability

(a) Except as identified in subsection (b) of this section, owners and operators of one or more of the following are subject to the requirements of this chapter:

  (1) any site that is a major source as defined in §122.10 of this title (relating to General Definitions);

  (2) any site with an affected unit as defined in 40 Code of Federal Regulations Part 72 subject to the requirements of the Acid Rain Program;

  (3) any solid waste incineration unit required to obtain a permit under Federal Clean Air Act (FCAA), §129(e) (Permits); or

  (4) any site that is a non-major source which the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), through rulemaking, has designated as no longer exempt or no longer eligible for a deferral from the obligation to obtain a permit. For the purposes of this chapter, those sources may be any of the following:

    (A) any non-major source so designated by the EPA, and subject to a standard, limitation, or other requirement under FCAA, §111 (Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources);

    (B) any non-major source so designated by the EPA, and subject to a standard or other requirement under FCAA, §112 (Hazardous Air Pollutants), except for FCAA, §112(r) (Prevention of Accidental Releases); or

    (C) any non-major source in a source category designated by the EPA.

(b) The following are not subject to the requirements of this chapter:

  (1) any site that is a non-major source which the EPA, through rulemaking, has designated as exempt from the obligation to obtain a permit; or

  (2) any site that is a non-major source which the EPA has allowed permitting authorities to defer from the obligation to obtain a permit.


Source Note: The provisions of this §122.120 adopted to be effective November 10, 1997, 22 TexReg 10677; amended to be effective June 3, 2001, 26 TexReg 3747; amended to be effective August 3, 2006, 31 TexReg 6000; amended to be effective March 4, 2010, 35 TexReg 1756; amended to be effective February 23, 2017, 42 TexReg 688

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